1 Nephi 13:10-17 (01/24/15)

Scripture study participants:  Dad, Brandon, Kenyon, Shaylee, Jaron, Maycee, Elder Child & Elder Walker


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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1 Nephi 13:10
Q:  What were the many waters that separated the Nephites and Lamanites from the gentiles? (Dad)
A:  "The Pacific ocean."  (Kenyon)  "The Atlantic." (Brandon) 


1 Nephi 13:11

Q:  Who is the wrath of God against here? (Dad)

A:  "Laman and Lemuel." (Brandon)  "It said their seed so it meant the Lamanites."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 13:12

Q:  Who do you think the gentile man is who sailed across the ocean and discovered the Lamanites in the promised land? (Dad)
A:  "Columbus." (Brandon)  

1 Nephi 13:13

Q:  So what happened after Columbus discovered America in these verses? Who came out of captivity to America to be free? (Dad)
A:   "The pilgrims." (Brandon) "Yes, the pilgrims left Europe to come to America to be free and to have freedom of religion, which they didn't have over in Europe under the kings."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 13:14

Q:  What did it say that some of the gentiles did to the Lamanites after they came to the Americas? (Dad)
A:  "They were scattered and smitten." (Shaylee)

1 Nephi 13:15

Q:  How did he describe the other gentiles? (Dad)
A:   "They were fair and beautiful." (Shaylee)  "Yes, and he said they were white like his seed or the Nephites, and we know that the pilgrims and Europeans that came over were mostly white. So that's who he's talking about seeing. What else did he say about them?"  (Dad)  "They prospered."  (Kenyon)

1 Nephi 13:16

Q:  Were most of the gentiles righteous that came over? (Dad)
A:  "Yes." (Elder Child)

Q:  How do we know that? (Dad)
A:  "It said they humbled themselves before the Lord." (Elder Child)  "Yes, it doesn't mean they were perfect - nobody is. But they were trying to follow the Lord, and they humbled themselves before Him."  (Dad)

1 Nephi 13:17

Q:  Who do you think were the mother gentiles that came across to battle against those in America? (Dad)
A:  "The British in the Revolutionary war." (Brandon)  "Yes, we were a British colony, and England was called the mother land. And we know that they came over and battled us in the Revolutionary war when we wanted to break off from them. So Nephi is seeing a history of the world, specifically relating to the promised land."  (Dad)